Verboticism: Babblon
DEFINITION: v. To suddenly discover that your most troublesome personality defect, for which you have been taking medication and/or therapy, is actually your greatest asset. n. A perceived weakness which is actually a strength.
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Handycap
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: han-dee-capp
Sentence:
Etymology: handy, handicap
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COMMENTS:
Very apt and capped a good day's verboting. - scrabbelicious, 2009-07-31: 15:22:00
Nice Flo to it! - scrabbelicious, 2009-07-31: 15:24:00
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Flawntit
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: flawnt-it
Sentence: Cherie really started marketing herself when she realised her flawntit gave her an oddvantage over the other candidates.
Etymology: flaw + If you've got it flaunt it.
Epiphaclick
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: e-pi-fa-click
Sentence: Tom acknowledges that Sally's stubbornness as an epifaclick for her career.
Etymology: epiphany + click, for it all to click in
Achilleshail
Created by: SethelMerman
Pronunciation: uh-Kill-ease-Hayl
Sentence: Who knew that the fluctuting voice would be just what they were looking for in casting the commercial. Thank God for my Achilleshail.
Etymology: Achilles Heel-a (fatal) weakness in spite of overall strength + Hail-to acclaim
Flawsome
Created by: hamburgerman
Pronunciation: flaw sum
Sentence: OMG! dude, thats totally flawsome!
Etymology: flaw + awesome = flawsome
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COMMENTS:
no comment - hamburgerman, 2009-08-20: 21:34:00
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Handycap
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: han dee kap
Sentence: at the Outside the Box employment agency they help change a handicap to a handycap, one person's OCD sufferer is another person's cleaner/office manager/proof reader.
Etymology: handicap, handy
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COMMENTS:
love it - remistram, 2007-06-25: 14:37:00
Voted! - Clayton, 2007-06-25: 21:15:00
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Rednose
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdˌnoʊz/
Sentence: Sadly, while the fact that his face and voice were incapable of expressing emotion was an impressive rednose during the poker tournament, he still couldn't get a date.
Etymology: As in Rudolph the reindeer's shiny red nose
Impairmight
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: IM pair might
Sentence: Beatta shrieked excitedly, “you mean I can keep everything as clean as I want? Including my hands?” Her impairment would become her impairmight, as long as she agreed to wear gloves.
Etymology: From: impairment and might.
Benifit
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: ben + ih + fit
Sentence: My epilepsy gets me a lot of work in industrial blending applications, so it's turned out to be a benifit.
Etymology: bene + fit (only I spelled it with an "i" instead of the second e, to distinguish it from the original word).